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Yahoo, Overture Services
Strike Deal on Paid Searches

Updated Nov. 14, 2001 4:25 p.m. ET

Yahoo Inc. cut a deal with Overture Services Inc. that will result in paid search results being shown when users conduct word searches on Yahoo's Internet site. Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., said Overture, formerly known as GoTo, will provide sponsored search listings on Yahoo until April 2002, after which Yahoo will either operate its own sponsored-search-results service or extend its agreement with Overture, Pasadena, Calif. Under their agreement, Yahoo's search-results pages, beginning Thursday, will feature the top five search...